# आदि
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आदि (ādi).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ɑː.d̪iː/, [äː.d̪iː]

### Noun

आदि • (ādi) m
* beginning, source, origin

#### Declension
### Proper noun

आदि • (ādi) m
* (Indian Classical Music) the name of a tala, having 8 matras split into 3 vibhags of 4, 2, and 2 matras, respectively
    Synonym: आदिताल (āditāl)

### Adverb

आदि • (ādi)
* et cetera, and so on

### Adjective

आदि • (ādi) (indeclinable)
* primitive, ancient
* original

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* ādi (Latin script)
* 𑀆𑀤𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* আদি (Bengali script)
* ආදි (Sinhalese script)
* အာဒိ or ဢႃၻိ (Burmese script)
* อาทิ (Thai script)
* ᩋᩣᨴᩥ (Tai Tham script)
* ອາທິ (Lao script)
* អាទិ (Khmer script)
* 𑄃𑄂𑄘𑄨 (Chakma script)

### Noun

आदि m
* Devanagari script form of ādi (“beginning”)
** c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎ (overall work in Pali), page 2; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:ते च खो अक्खरापि अकारादयो एकचत्तालीसं सुत्तन्तेसु सोपकारा होन्ति, तं यथा :-Te ca kho akkharāpi akārādayo ekacattālīsaṃ suttantesu sopakārā honti, taṃ yathā :-And indeed as to the letters , there are forty one employed in the discourses; starting with 'a', they are:

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* আদি (Assamese script)
* ᬆᬤᬶ (Balinese script)
* আদি (Bengali script)
* 𑰁𑰟𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀆𑀤𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* အာဒိ (Burmese script)
* આદિ (Gujarati script)
* ਆਦਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌆𑌦𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦄꦴꦢꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂄𑂠𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ಆದಿ (Kannada script)
* អាទិ (Khmer script)
* ອາທິ (Lao script)
* ആദി (Malayalam script)
* ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡩᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘁𑘟𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᠠᢗᢑᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦡𑦿𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐁𑐡𑐶 (Newa script)
* ଆଦି (Odia script)
* ꢃꢣꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆄𑆢𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖁𑖟𑖰 (Siddham script)
* ආදි (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩛𑩭𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚁𑚛𑚮 (Takri script)
* ஆதி³ (Tamil script)
* ఆది (Telugu script)
* อาทิ (Thai script)
* ཨཱ་དི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒂𑒠𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨊𑨛𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɑː.di/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɑː.d̪i/

### Noun

आदि • (ādi) stem, m
* beginning
* commencement

#### Derived terms

* आदिकाव्य (ādikāvya)
* आदिकेशव (ādikeśava)
* आदिगुरु (ādiguru)
* आदिदेव (ādideva)
* आदिपर्वन् (ādiparvan)
* आदिवराह (ādivarāha)
* आदिशक्ति (ādiśakti)

#### Descendants

* → Hindi: आदि (ādi)
* → Kannada: ಆದಿ (ādi)
* → Old Javanese: ādi
** Javanese: ꦲꦢꦶ (adi, “fine, beautiful”)
*** → Malay: adi-
**** Indonesian: adi-
** → Balinese: ᬅᬥᬶ (“main, principal”)
** → Balinese: ᬆᬤᬶ (“first”)
* Pali: ādi
** → Khmer: អាទិ (ʼaatiʼ)
** → Thai: อาทิ (aa-tí)
* → Punjabi: ਆਦਿ (ādi)
* → Tamil: ஆதி (āti)
* → Telugu: ఆది (ādi)

### References

* Cappeller, Carl 1891: A Sanskrit-English dictionary, Strassburg.
* Monier-Williams, Monier 1899: Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Oxford.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 165